Where does “naphthalenediamine” come from?
naphthalenediamine (English) comes from English diamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
naphthalenediamine (English): Any of several isomeric diamino derivatives of...
Definitions
- Any of several isomeric diamino derivatives of...
Ancestry of “naphthalenediamine”, step by step
naphthalenediamine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English diamine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diamine | Any compound containing two amino functional... |
| 2 | English | amine | A functional group formally derived from ammonia... |
| 3 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English naphthalene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | naphthalene | A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |